Spatial Continuous Wave Laser and Spatiotemporal VCSEL for High-Speed Long Haul Optical Wireless Communication Channels

Abstract

Abstract This study has presented spatial continuous wave laser and spatiotemporal vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) for high speed long haul optical wireless communication channels. Possible data rates range from 40 Gb/s to 250 Gb/s over propagation distance ranges from 500 km to 2500 km. The optical wireless communication (OWC) system performance is tested through the measurement of maximum Q-factor, minimum bit error rate (BER) and signal to noise ratio (SNR). It is observed that spatiotemporal VCSEL has presented better performance than CW laser in the OWC system, especially for long haul transmission applications. It is observed that SNR improvement ratio ranges from 8.15 % to 19 % by using spatiotemporal VCSEL than CW laser for bit rate of 40 Gb/s over propagation distance ranges from 500 km to 2500 km. Max. Q-factor improvement ratio ranges from 4.62 % to 13.71 % by using spatiotemporal VCSEL than CW laser for data rate of 40 Gb/s over propagation distance ranges from 500 km to 2500 km. So it is clear that spatiotemporal VCSEL is more suitable for long haul OWC applications than other optical sources.